MISS MAY I COVER - You know after you get your mix good enough?

[kevinw4td]

EDIT: MP3 UPDATED WITH CHANGES Today at 05:10 PM.

Then you go and buy some other piece of gear and have to re do ALL your mixing??

lol happened to me! FINALLY made the upgrade from third-party samples+Ezdrummer to SSD 3.5 Platinum. so now i have to re do all of the mixing

This time id like some fresh ears that haven't heard this mix 1000's of times!

I use
-Crappy M-Audio MobilePre USB audio interface
-Amplitube 3
-SSD 3.5

please don't say things like:
-you missed a drum fill
-your missing a melody guitar part here
-your harmony is not there or is wrong
-your playing is wrong

This mix isn't for accuracy in the playing of the actual song, its purely for mixing purposes.

Before you listen, please note: I know that this mix is complete garbage right now. My old mixes started out this terrible as well but they ended up a an amazing quality considering the gear i had at my disposal. I'm not just starting recording(although this mix makes it seem like it) I've been doing it since the age of 14 and im 18 now.

http://db.tt/XDYeQe
320kbps 8mb mp3

thanks fellas

Joey... hook it up with advice! haha its ur mix im after, if PODFARM is THAT much better than my current gear then ill go pick it up

 

[Ermz]

FINALLY made the upgrade from third-party samples+Ezdrummer to SSD 3.5 Platinum. so now i have to re do all of the mixing

Absolutely. Wouldn't want to run the risk of sounding unique.

 

[alan1990]

not trying to sound harsh but you should now how to play the song right before you record it...

 

[kevinw4td]

not trying to sound harsh but you should now how to play the song right before you record it...

lol if i was trying to record the song for it to JUST be the song then i would learn it to the T...

but the fact is, i dont care if i play it wrong... its just a quick mix thrown together for future building. way to go and post pure irrelevance

Absolutely. Wouldn't want to run the risk of sounding unique.

lol its an industry where money needs to be made...

if i sound unique then ill be happy with myself...

but will the idiot local bands want a different sound?? for the most part, NO
they tell me, make it sound like >insert Joey Sturgis Produced album here<!!!

 

[kevinw4td]

wow double post already...... dang droid browser

 

[metalfanat1c]

So you expect us to give you advice yet you're being a total douche?

I have 2 things to say.

1. I'm not going to give you advice nor even bother listening to your mix due to the reasons above and below.
2. Miss May I sucks balls.

 

[kevinw4td]

So you expect us to give you advice yet you're being a total douche?

I have 2 things to say.

1. I'm not going to give you advice nor even bother listening to your mix due to the reasons above and below.
2. Miss May I sucks balls.

haha yet again, total irrelevance

this thread is gonna get flamed up the a** and its funny because all i did was try and prevent irrelevant replys... mission failed

 

[metalfanat1c]

Here's a relevant reply. You want fucking replies? Don't be a fucking cockwad like you're being. Ask for advice, don't fucking demand it.

 

[kevinw4td]

Here's a relevant reply. You want fucking replies? Don't be a fucking cockwad like you're being. Ask for advice, don't fucking demand it.

there ya go

advice recieved

 

[emerica167852]

the kick sounds like my dog is throwing up and bleeding from it's internal organs

 

[pipaguapique]

the kick sounds like my dog is throwing up and bleeding from it's internal organs

HAHAH pretty brootalz!

but yeah...the kick sounds like you hit it with a drum stick and it only has the front head.

 

[kevinw4td]

HAHAH pretty brootalz!

but yeah...the kick sounds like you hit it with a drum stick and it only has the front head.

Noted. It wasn't cutting throgh the mix so I just kinda cranked the mids untill it came back out.. I let it go a lil too far clearly lol

Thanks

 

[G1]

Noted. It wasn't cutting throgh the mix so I just kinda cranked the mids untill it came back out.. I let it go a lil too far clearly lol

Thanks

Mids in a metal kick arent normaly a good thing. Most metal kicks are made up of Thud from low end around 50-60hz and slap from 3-4khz up. Everything else isn't needed. If you want the kick to come through more, limit it harder.

 

[Mikaël-ange]

Absolutely. Wouldn't want to run the risk of sounding unique.

OMG
Made my day

 

[GarethSE]

lol its an industry where money needs to be made...

if i sound unique then ill be happy with myself...

but will the idiot local bands want a different sound?? for the most part, NO
they tell me, make it sound like >insert Joey Sturgis Produced album here<!!!

If you're doing this for money rather than for the love of it, you'll fit right in with the rest of the corporate cocksuckers that make up the bedroom production scene nowadays.


I think what ermz was getting at, fundamentally, is that your purchasing of steven slate drums is going to make you sound like everyone else rather than having a style of your own, and from my point of view, that makes you an audio cockroach.
You could nuke all these sturgis soundalikes and they'd still live on afterwards.

If a band wants to sound like <insert sturgis production here> it's your job to say to them "fuck no, I won't rip off another engineer, here's a mix that suits your sound rather than another cookie cutter bullshit mix."
If you don't have the balls, the motivation or the drive to do that, then get the fuck out of this game while you're still ahead.

 

[kevinw4td]

If you're doing this for money rather than for the love of it, you'll fit right in with the rest of the corporate cocksuckers that make up the bedroom production scene nowadays.


I think what ermz was getting at, fundamentally, is that your purchasing of steven slate drums is going to make you sound like everyone else rather than having a style of your own, and from my point of view, that makes you an audio cockroach.
You could nuke all these sturgis soundalikes and they'd still live on afterwards.

If a band wants to sound like <insert sturgis production here> it's your job to say to them "fuck no, I won't rip off another engineer, here's a mix that suits your sound rather than another cookie cutter bullshit mix."
If you don't have the balls, the motivation or the drive to do that, then get the fuck out of this game while you're still ahead.

Lol I was enjoying your advice and taking it to heart untill you ended it like that!

But yeah, right now I need the cash so I can actually get the gear to record real music instead of robot/computerized shit... which soundnt be the MAIN part of a recording.. it shouldn't be a helping factor

 

[Ermz]

You don't want your entry into the industry to be connoted by the idea that you're a more affordable version of another engineer. That never ends well.

You have to develop a core set of engineering techniques, which may include getting your own drum sounds, getting your own guitar sounds, and working on your own set of production cliches. Don't ask Joey to dictate to you whether or not to use PODFarm. The reason that this genre is gushing on such a surge is because it's a fad. That fad will end one day, and if you're left without any solid techniques to continue your work in areas where these production tools aren't used, you'll find yourself out in open water.

If bands come to you saying they want a Sturgis production, then forward them onto Sturgis. When they come back crying that they can't afford him, tell them to sit the fuck down, shut the fuck up and brace their assholes for the red hot knob of 'kevinw4td's' production approach.

 

[kevinw4td]

You don't want your entry into the industry to be connoted by the idea that you're a more affordable version of another engineer. That never ends well.

You have to develop a core set of engineering techniques, which may include getting your own drum sounds, getting your own guitar sounds, and working on your own set of production cliches. Don't ask Joey to dictate to you whether or not to use PODFarm. The reason that this genre is gushing on such a surge is because it's a fad. That fad will end one day, and if you're left without any solid techniques to continue your work in areas where these production tools aren't used, you'll find yourself out in open water.

If bands come to you saying they want a Sturgis production, then forward them onto Sturgis. When they come back crying that they can't afford him, tell them to sit the fuck down, shut the fuck up and brace their assholes for the red hot knob of 'kevinw4td's' production approach.

now THATS advice thanks a million

 

[VWAS2009]

Ermz said it best... But the mix is pretty sturgisesque... It needs a better kick drum and the snare needs to come out a little more other than that it sounded like another sturgis production...

 

[kevinw4td]

hey should i be using a direct box before my guitars go into my audio interface? id like a brighter and less screechy tone